On the main floor / 1st floor. (Lounge or Portland Potato Vodka Stage) All ages til 10 pmOn the 2nd floor. (Theater or The DRD Records Little Theater)21+ Only or All Ages depending on the show.

PRESS RELEASE:PORTLAND, OREGON-BASED RECORD LABEL, DRD RECORDS LAUNCHES NEW LIVE MUSIC VENUE WITH RESTAURANT AND FULL BAR, THE ANALOG CAFE AND THEATER, LOCATED AT 720 SE HAWTHORNE, PORTLAND, OREGON 97214

Portland has a new music and arts venue, The Analog Cafe and DRD Records' Little Theater, which is owned and operated by DRD Records, a Portland, Oregon-based record label co-founded by Smoochknob front man/drummer Donnie Rife, who heads up A&R and is general manager for the label.

“Our passion is music, and we love Portland, and its awesome music scene. Our label is excited to be here, and to invest in local talent," says Rife of the opening of the company's new restaurant and theater. "We are especially excited to bring another live venue to Portland; and we believe this is the perfect part of town to be in. My personal goal has been to make a special venue that artists are going to love to play. And we have done that, thanks to so much help from so many great people.”

The club had a soft opening on March 23rd with the release of DRD Records recording artist Smoochknob's new album, Drive By High Five, allowing the group to break in the top-of-the-line sound system at the Analog, which is a well-equipped 260 capacity music theater (and a 240 capacity restaurant, for a total of a 500 capacity club) at 720 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland. The restaurant and bar open at 3pm, seven days a week, and have a full seasonal dinner menu, plus a happy hour menu, and full bar.

“Music and food are my two passions,” explains Executive Chef Javier Canteras, who creates the menu for the Analog. Wearing many hats, Canteras is also lead guitarist for Smoochknob and VP of Production for DRD Records. Originally from Bilbao, Spain, Canteras has spent the last eleven years cooking in Portland. Trained classically French, he has studied in the Mediterranean as well as under top Northwest chefs. After Working as an Executive Chef and Restaurant Consultant for three now successful restaurants, he decided to get out of "the industry" and go back to his roots.

Canteras explains, “The heart of my cooking comes from my family's old world cuisine. My grandfather owned and operated a restaurant in Andalucia, Spain, where I was lucky enough to learn from chefs when I was a child.” Canteras describes his style as “Western Mediterranean inflected with the local, seasonal flavors of the Pacific Northwest." The Analog Cafe's menu will reflect that. Menu items currently include sweet potato and Spanish chorizo croquettes, braised pork sugo and Canteras’s Brutus Salad. “Brutus killed Ceasar,” nods Canateras.

The Little Theater (stage) was designed by Rife, and features a top-shelf sound system, roomy stage, with red velour theater curtains and custom stainless steel arms serving as columns rising from the floor to grasp the ceiling. “We are going to rock this place so hard, we thought the roof could use some extra help,” grins Rife. The arms were designed and built by Smoochknob guitarist Pauly Lawrence, who exclaimed, “the label bought me an iPad!”

The Theater is an extension of the record label's music production arm, Supernatural Sound in Oregon City. VP of Audio Engineering for DRD Records, Rich Haugen, explains his audio philosophy. “At Supernatural Sound, we are all about keeping the analog dream alive.” The recording studio in Oregon City houses a rare piece of recording technology, an API Legacy Plus board. Many great artists have enjoyed the rich audio quality the studio produces, including The Decemberists, The Shins, The Thermals, Bright Eyes, Isaac Brock, and Portugal. The Man, Tango Alpha Tango, and recently, B.o.B..

The executive team at DRD Records is rounded out by more talent. VP of Finance, Mike Pfau, drums for DRD Records recording artist Crazy Like Me and co-founder of Crimson Trace, is an entrepreneur who owns and operates Bull Run Ranch, a ranch at the base of Mount Hood (site for DRD Records’ outdoor summer venue), and co-owner in Key Knife (designs and manufactures industrial cutting systems), Neverguess Rangefinders (designs and manufactures laser technology for rangefinders for archery and military uses), and Red Roof in Yakutat, Alaska (which offers lodging). DRD Records VP of Business Development, Adam Wollander, is a lifelong musician and driven business executive who helped bring Crimson Trace (Oregon-based designer and manufacturer of laser sight technology) from start-up to multi-million dollar company.

DRD Records President, David Griggs, a Portland-based lawyer (with Dolan Griggs LLP) with a passion for music, says “Our goal is to celebrate music, especially the music that is created here in Portland. We are investing in bands here, making beautiful audio and video recordings, and bringing them to the world. The Analog is where we are doing that live."